Faucet



(No Model.)

W. s. COOPER.

Faucet.

Patented Oct. 5,1880.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,942, dated October 5, 1880.

Application filed August 1G, 1880. (N0 model.)

.To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAu S. COOPER, a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Faucets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates, mainly, to improvements in that class of faucetsin which a valve is suspended from and operated by a crankshaft provided with a handle arranged at one side of the valve-chest, faucets ot' this class being used in connection with wash'stands, bath-tubs, 8vo.; and the object of my invention is to centraline the pendulous valve and insureits properadjustment to the seat by means of a guide, which can also be used as a strainer for preventing particles of foreign matter in the water from gaining access to the valve and its seat.

A further object of my invention is to so prepare the chest for receiving the spout that the faucet may be readily adapted for the operation of the handle by either the right or left hand.

In the 'accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section of a wash-basin faucet with my improvements; Fig. 2, a sectional plan on the line 1 2; Fig. $5, a perspective view of the valve and its perforated guide, Fig. 4, a section ofthe same; and Fig. 5, a moditied form of guide which may be attached to the valve.

rlhe chest or casing of the faucet consists',V

in thepresent instance, of two sections, A and A', screwed together at c, the lower end, b, of the upper section forming the seat for the valve B, which is connected by a rod, d, to the pin of a crank, c, on ashaft, D, thelatter passing through a stuiiing-box, j', l1`ig.2, on the upper section of the chest, and being provided with a handle, lt.

The usual spout G is screwed into the upper portion of the chest; but as it is sometimes more convenient to have the spout on the right of the handle, and at others on the left-aud this is the case when there are two faucets on a wash-stand, one .for hot and the other for cold water-I make two threaded openings, one directly opposite the other, in the upper portion of the chest, so that the spout can be screwed into either of these openings, that opening not occupied by the threaded end of the spout being closed by a screw-plug, m.

The valve B is of the ordinary construction, and consists of a rubber cylinder adapted to the valve-seat and confined to the valve-spindle cl between two washers. It has been usual to permit th ese pen dulous valves to hang freely in the interior of the chest from the crank-pin, so that there was no positive certainty of the valve being brought properly to its seat on manipulating the handle. In order to obviate this difculty and maintain the valve in such a central position that it may always be concentric with its seat, I attach a guide, H, to the under side of the valve, this guide fitting snugly, but so as to slide freely, on the cylindrical portion w ofthe chest.

The guide in Figs. l, 3, and et consists of thin metal, struck up preferably to the shape shown, turned down at the edge, and perforated with small holes, so as to prevent particles of foreign matter in the water from gaining access to the valve and seat. Another duty of this guide is to prevent the drumming noise created by the action of the water ou a valve, which is permitted to vibrate in the chest.

The guide may consist of a spider, Fig. 5, having arms with bent ends to slide within the cylindrical portion w of the chest; but I prefer a guide which will also serve as a strainer.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, in a faucet, of the cylindrical portion I0 of the chest with the valve B and a guide, H, attached to the said valve beneath the same, and adapted to slide in the said portion fw of the chest, all substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a faucet, of the chest and its cylindrical portion to with the valveB and guide H, perforated to serve as a strainer, as set forth. y

3. In a faucet having its handle h on one side of the chest, the combination ofthe chest having opposite threaded openings and a detachable plug with a spout,G, havin g a threaded end adapted to either opening, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses. t

WILLIAM S. COOPER.

`Witnesses: 4

H. R. SHULTZ, HENRY HoWsoN, J r.

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